Historical Events In May - 04
Saturday, 07 September 2024
1970 On this day in history four students are killed at Kent State University by Ohio National Guardsmen during an anti-war protest They are immortalized in the song "Ohio" by Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young
1970 On this day in history national Guard kills 4 at Kent State in Ohio
1970 Premier Kosygin affirms existence Russian military advisors in Egypt on this day in history.
1970 On May - 04 pulitzer prize awarded to Erik H Erikson (Gandhi's Truth)
1970 On this day in history 4 students, at Kent State University killed by Ohio National Guard
1971 Mud slide buries part of St-Jean Vianney Quebec, killing 31 people; $1 million damage on May - 04.
1971 On this day in history donald Dexter Van Slyke, US chemist (Cyanosis), dies at 88
1972 On May - 04 vietcong forms revolutionary government in Quang Tri South Vietnam
1973 On this day in history patriarch Shenuda II of Kopitisch church visits the pope
1973 Wings release "Red Rose Speedway" in UK on May - 04.
1973 Jane Bowles, writer, dies at 56 on this day in history.
1974 Israel Citkowitz, composer, dies at 65 on this day in history.
1975 Ed Bullins' "Taking of Miss Jane" premieres in NYC on this day in history.
1975 Gama Hernandez is born in Los Angeles California on this day in history.
1975 Moe Howard, [Moses Horowitz], comedian (3 Stooges), dies at 77 on May - 04.
1976 On May - 04 australian Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser says that Waltzing Matilda will be his country's national anthem at the upcoming Montreal Summer Olympic Games.
1978 Russian President Brezhnev visits West-Germany on May - 04.
1979 On this day in history nASA launches Fltsatcom-2
1979 On May - 04 the first woman prime minister of Great Britain (Margaret Thatcher) is elected
1980 On this day in history marshal Josip Broz Tito, president of Yugoslavia, dies
1980 On this day in history josip Broz Tito, leader of Yugoslavia (1943-80), dies at 87
1982 On May - 04 british Destroyer HMS Sheffield off Falkland hit by Exocet rocket catches fire and later flounders, many sailors die
1983 On May - 04 china People's Republic performs nuclear test at Lop Nor People's Rebublic of China
1983 On this day in history nino Sanzogno, composer, dies at 72
1984 On May - 04 dave Kingman's fly ball never comes down (stuck in Metrodome ceiling)
1984 Diana Dors, actress (Berserk!), dies at 52 of cancer on this day in history.
1986 On May - 04 president Babrak Karmal resigns as party leader of Afghánistán
1987 On May - 04 cathryn Damon, actress (Mary Campbell-Soap), dies at 56
1988 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR on this day in history.
1989 US launches Magellan to Venus on May - 04.
1989 US space shuttle STS-30 launched on May - 04.
1989 White house aide Oliver North is convicted of charges from the Iran-Contra affair The three convictions are later overturned on appeal on May - 04.
1990 Angela Bowie reveals that ex husband David slept with Mick Jagger on May - 04.
1990 Latvia declares its independence from the Soviet Union on May - 04.
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